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Trustee raises concern about adding 4% to telecommunications infrastructure maintenance fee
Summary
The committee discussed amending sections of the Tinley Park code related to a telecommunications infrastructure maintenance fee; Trustee Mueller voiced concern that an additional 4% could accelerate revenue decline and urged exploring alternative revenue sources.
Tinley Park trustees discussed a proposal to amend sections of the village code labeled “Title 11, Chapter 1 29 c” concerning the telecommunications infrastructure maintenance fee during the Committee of the Whole meeting on Sept. 2. Trustee Mueller said he was reluctant to add what he called “the extra 4%,” arguing that the revenue source is shrinking as traditional cable systems decline in favor of streaming services and that the village should consider other funding sources. He said, “I’m actually not a huge fan of this 1 of the extra 4%. I think this is gonna kinda speed up this shrinking revenue source already.” The transcript records that a motion and second were made and that the item passed on a roll-call vote with trustees voting in favor. No further public comment was recorded on the topic at the committee meeting. The record does not include the full text of the proposed code amendment or projected revenue estimates; the agenda item title appears as shown on the meeting agenda.
